Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has reached out to the country's army chief for security assurance in order to stage the Women's T20 World Cup 2024.

The massive civil unrest in Bangladesh has led to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's departure from the country. An interim government took over last week as Hasina fled the country after protests turned ugly.

Amid the political turmoil, BCB wrote to Bangladesh Army Chief of Staff General Waker-Uz-Zaman on Thursday (August 8), seeking security assurance for conducting the tournament, slated to get underway on September 27 with the warm-up fixtures.

It is learnt that the ICC has been keeping a close tab on the situation in Bangladesh. The apex body is also considering other host options if the situation arises to move the tournament out of Bangladesh.

A country with a similar time zone as Bangladesh, like India, UAE or Sri Lanka, is likely to get the hosting opportunity if needed.

Speaking to Cricbuzz, BCB umpiring committee chairman Iftekhar Ahmed Mithu said, "We are trying to host the tournament. To be honest, there are not too many among us present in the country and on Thursday (August 8) we have sent a letter to the Army Chief regarding assurance about the security of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup as we have only two months in hand."

"ICC communicated with us two days back and we replied that we will come back to them shortly. Today after the [interim] government is formed, still we have to give them assurance of the security considering it cannot be given by the board or any anyone else apart from a law enforcement agency of the country and so we sent the letter today and after getting written assurance from them [the Army] we will inform the ICC," he added.

The Women's T20 World Cup 2024 matches are slated to be held in Dhaka and Sylhet from October 3 to October 20. It is learnt that the ICC will wait until August 10 before taking a call on the venue of the tournament.

(With Cricbuzz Inputs)